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#326181 Jul 28th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
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I PLANTED potatoes,EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL WENT TO HARVEST THIS WEEK ALL WENT WELL, CURIOUS THING WAS growing OUT THE TOP OF MY PLANTS WERE CLUSTERS OF TOMATOES. HAS ANYONE ELSE OBSERVED THIS HAPPENING? I AM NEW TO THIS BUT I HAVE BEEN growing potatoes FOR THREE YEARS NOW AND THIS IS AFIRST FOR ME. JESSY

JESSY #326201 Jul 28th, 2010 at 01:41 PM
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Welcome Jessy,

Do you have pictures to share?

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10. Q: My potato plants produced small tomatoes this year. I planted them next to my tomatoes. Could they have crossed or have my potatoes mutated?

A: The fruit on the potato plant is actually the fruiting structure of the potato plant. The potato and tomato belong to the same botanical family and have similar growth characteristics. The potato flower looks very much like the tomato flower and is pollinated and fertilized identical to the tomato flower. The fruit will mature if the plant is left long enough. Your potato and tomato plants have not cross fertilized.
Source: aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu

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papito #326209 Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:35 PM
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My guess would be a decomposing mato from last yr that was turned in and the seeds re seeded themselves. I have a few that came up from last yr, one has done so well it has fruit.

When you see a cluster of plants in one spot, it's more then likely it's a old decomposed mater cause the seeds are all close together after the rest is gone.

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No it's just the potato plants that have gone to seed..be careful that seed(which looks like a tomato)is poisonous.


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Tamara, why do you say they're poison?



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..because they are from the night shade family..the seed pods are poisonous.

Read about it here..

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/pottoms.html


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